Friendship remains a surprisingly understudied topic, particularly in non-Western contexts, even less so concerning the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. Furthermore, when investigated, there has been little attention ...read more
For decades, Palestinian women's movements have moved and continue to move in the field of tension of a double resistance - characterised by the struggle against occupation and the challenges ...read more
How to study contemporary Islam and Muslim societies? Studies of contemporary Islam and Muslim societies do not follow one particular method. It is often said that this field of research ...read more
This seed funded collaborative workshop proposes to facilitate the revision and resubmission of the ENLIGHT Thematic Network (ETN) proposal Boundaries of the Religious (BAR). The workshop will bring together the previous core ...read more
Every year, the VRT selects the 'Tienerwoord van het Jaar'. In 2024, the honor went to noncha ('chill, carefree'), while in 2023, heftig (used to emphasize something striking) was chosen. The ...read more
This project takes Buddhism, one of the three major religions in China, as the starting point for historical and cultural interpretation, and focuses on the historical and cultural cities in ...read more
This project proposal seeks to bridge significant gaps in the understanding of Migration or Integration Language Tests (MILTs) by scrutinizing their rationale, construction, operationalization, and impact within the contexts of migration and ...read more
This project examines historical and contemporary patterns of human and non-human mobilizations that emerge when specific archival collections gain attention—earning archival value—from official institutions, professional archivists, critical scholars, and researchers. ...read more
In the history of ancient Chinese thought, bide 比德 initially existed as a universal mode of thinking with anthropological significance, referring to the association of certain human behaviors or concepts with the characteristics ...read more
Low-educated learners make up a large, yet vulnerable population in the world today (Unesco, 2004). Little is known about the second language acquisition process of this group of learners, but there ...read more